FACT magazine

“I had to give you any piece of advice, it would be this: Get yourself an asshole-checker”: Erykah Badu sits down with Kendrick Lamar

8th May 2013 •

The latest copy of Interview Magazine has been made available online, featuring a conversation between Erykah Badu and Kendrick Lamar. Topics include growing up in Compton (Kendrick: "As a ki [...]

Listen to Janelle Monáe’s ‘Q.U.E.E.N.’, featuring Erykah Badu

23rd April 2013 •

The iconoclastic retro-futurist shares her latest "experience." 'Q.U.E.E.N.' is the first single off Monáe's forthcoming The Electric Lady, her first album since 2010's The Archandroid. As her [...]

Janelle Monáe announces <em>The Electric Lady</em> album; first single features Erykah Badu

Janelle Monáe announces The Electric Lady album; first single features Erykah Badu

12th April 2013 •

The soul-funk revivalist preps the follow-up to 2010's The ArchAndroid. Janelle Monáe, the saddle-shoed, pompadoured singer-songer behind 'Tightrope' and 'Cold War', has announced her new albu [...]

Stream new Bonobo LP <em>The North Borders</em> in full

Stream new Bonobo LP The North Borders in full

26th March 2013 •

Erykah Badu makes an exciting appearance on the Ninja Tune producer's anticipated new full-length. It's been three years since Simon Green's widely-acclaimed Black Sands, and with The North Bor [...]

Tyler, The Creator’s <em>Wolf</em> tracklist leaks; Erykah Badu, Frank Ocean and Laetitia Sadier(!) to feature

Tyler, The Creator’s Wolf tracklist leaks; Erykah Badu, Frank Ocean and Laetitia Sadier(!) to feature

19th March 2013 •

Update: Looks like this one was too good to be true: Pitchfork has confirmed that it's fake. Update: According to Amazon UK, the tracklisting was right all along, Matthews and all (although i [...]

Bonobo and Erykah Badu enter ‘Heaven For A Sinner’

18th February 2013 •

Ninja Tune resident Bonobo taps up soul's high priestess for a twinkling new track, taken from his impending fifth album The North Borders. 'Heaven For A Sinner' is sprung from the same seed [...]

Bonobo reveal <em>The North Borders</em> details; Erykah Badu to feature

Bonobo reveal The North Borders details; Erykah Badu to feature

14th February 2013 •

More details about the forthcoming fifth album from lush Ninja Tune producer Bonobo. As per 2010's Black Sand, The North Borders will see Simon Green recruit a host of guest vocalists, incl [...]

The GZA, Erykah Badu, Masta Killa and Sheek Louch join forces on ‘Drivin’ Round’

26th November 2012 •

The leaks from the forthcoming Wu Tang/D-Block collaborative LP Wu-Block continue. This time around, rapper turned educationalist The GZA goes toe-to-toe with D-Block leaders Sheek Louch and [...]

Erykah Badu performs ‘Appletree’ over SBTRKT’s ‘Wildfire’

28th August 2012 •

The Queen of Neo-soul updates her 1997 single with a beat borrowed from SBTRKT. At Brooklyn' Afropunk Festival last weekend, Badu sang 'Appletree' over the post-dubstep beat of SBTRKT's 'Wildfi [...]